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ICT4D Week 2018

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Taylor advises CTO member countries to centralize databases

The
Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Mr.
Shola Taylor has advised member nations to centralize their databases in the
urge to increase trust of the citizens, especially in a developing economy like
Nigeria, reports ITRealms.

Speaking
at a press parley of day-one of a three-day Digital Broadcasting Africa
Forum 2016 in Lagos, Taylor said that centralizing databases of the government,
mostly in Africa has tendency to earn citizens trust.

Stressing that the less
of the disjointed database are harmonised, the more trust a country gets from
the citizens.

In addition, he said,
CTO is concerned that most African countries lack the expertise, so the organization
is providing training to affiliate countries through some institutions on cyber
security.

This, he said, helps the benefiting countries to have a structured framework to combat cybercrimes.

ITRealms recalls that the forum, which commences Wednesday
at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, would last till Friday this
week, with focus on “The pan-Africa transition: Achieving digital
migration success.”

While some of the highlights include session on
“Broadcast Technology
Trends, Next Generation, Entertainment, Creation of Local Content, Digital
Migration and Spectrum Allocation, Financial and Business Considerations, The
consumer Perspective, Digital Radio, Achieving Digital Inclusion, and Financial
and Business Considerations.”